Changes to be introduced on Monday will push more low-paid working families into poverty,charities sayTens of thousands of low-paid working families can expect to lose up to £200 a month as a result of changes to universal credit introduced on Monday – the first wave of £3bn in welfare cuts that will affect 1m households by 2020.
Ministers have said households affected by the changes could work additional hours to make up the incompatibility, but charities have said that will be impossible in many cases, and that the cuts will push more families into poverty.
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Source: theguardian.com